Common law 1 Common law Common law‚ also known as case law or precedent‚ is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action. A "common law system" is a legal system that gives great precedential weight to common law‚[1] on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different occasions.[2] The body of precedent is called "common law" and it binds future decisions. In cases
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ALGAPPA UNIVERSITY KARAIKUDI – 630 003 TAMILNADU DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION B B A (II YEAR) PAPER 2.4 BUSINESS LAW Paper 2.2 Commercial Law : Business Law Indian Contract Act 1872 : Meaning and essentials of a valid contract Formation of contract – Performance of contract – Termination and discharge of contract – Remedies for breach of contract – Quast contract Special Contracts : Indemnity of guarantee – Bailment – Agency Sale of Goods Act
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ANIMAL LAW I. DEFINING ANIMAL II. PROPERTY III. CRIMINAL LAW IV. TORTS V. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW VI. ANIMAL WELFARE ACT VII. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT VIII. MISC. I) DEFINING ANIMAL: Arbitrary delineation. Answer often crucial to outcome of cases. Holdings are unpredictable and often counterintuitive. Animals = property. The cuter the animal the more protection they get. 1) Roosters (and Cockfighting: States all over the place) a) NM:
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Cyber Laws Notes Adv. Ravindra T. Jadhav Book referred :- A Practical Guide to Information Technology Act‚ 2000 Author : Nitant P. Trilokekar Publisher : Snow White Information Technology Act‚ 2000 at Glance This Act is result of a resolution passed at the UNO Since jurisdiction is always the stumbling block in the prosecution of internet crimes‚ co-operation is sought from member countries by the United Nations. The Act has introduced a concept of Digital Signature. Each technique having
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consider the relevant physical‚ economic‚ psychological and social conditions‚responsible parenthood is exercised by those who prudently and generously decide to have a large family or by those who‚ for serious reasons and with due respect for the moral law‚ choose not to have children for the time being or even for an indeterminate period (Humane vitae). If we examine the innate drives and emotions of man‚ responsible parenthood expresses the dominion which reason and will must exert over them. Everything
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Originally‚ common law was customary law‚ folk law‚ based on precedent. There was of course statutory law -- the king’s law -- but common law guided how it was enforced and administered. No real common law exists today‚ having been entirely codified as statutory law throughout the English-speaking world. There remains‚ however‚ what are sometimes termed common law rights. Now and again‚ a new situation arises where there is no law to guide a judge‚ but where there really is something to adjudicate
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new property rights takes place in response to . . . new benefit-cost possibilities” as resource values change;3 in other words‚ property rights develop in a society when the benefits of having † Earl Warren DeLano Professor‚ University of Michigan Law School. I am grateful to Greg York‚ Ph.D. (Biology)‚ M.I.T. 1998‚ J.D.‚ University of Michigan 2008‚ for exemplary research assistance and constructive criticism‚ especially on matters of evolutionary biology. Thanks also to the following for discussions
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satisfied the neighbour test. Secondly‚ the court should ask whether there were any policy considerations which dictated that no duty should exist. The problem with the Anns test is it seemed it could be applied with little regard for previous case law
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the central issue in this case that has both a legal and an ethical dimension. Clearly state both the legal dimension/question and the ethical dimension/question raised by the issue. (b) Explain how the legal issue will be resolved by stating the law and then applying it to the facts to support your conclusion. (c) Discuss the ethical dimension of this issue using one of the ethical forms of reasoning that we have discussed in class. (For your convenience‚ the four types of ethical reasons discussed
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BUSINESS LAW ESSAY PLAN ➢ Acceptance must be communicated to be effective. ➢ Where the parties contemplate acceptance by mail‚ acceptance will be complete as soon as the letter is properly posted. Postal rule definition ➢ Actual communication versus constructive communication ➢ Actual acceptance (real) versus constructive acceptance (postal rule) (Graw p.89) ➢ Contract is an agreement which the law enforces. ➢ Contract law is the basis of business law ➢ Two main sources:
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